Traffic & Transit
3 Kids, 2 Women Injured In Portsmouth Head-On Crash
Three children, a 13-year-old, a 5-year-old and an infant, suffered serious injuries in the crash.
PORTSMOUTH, RI — An infant, two children and two women suffered serious injuries in a crash Thursday morning in Portsmouth.
The crash happened just after 9 a.m., on West Main Road, near Melville Elementary School. Police said a driver crossed over the center of the road and hit another driver head-on.
One of the drivers, a 32-year-old woman, was extricated from her car, according to police. Her three children — a 13-year-old, a 5-year-old and an infant, were also hurt in the crash, as was a 34-year-old woman driving the other vehicle, police said. All were taken to local hospitals with serious injuries. Police did not specify which woman was driving which vehicle.
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Portsmouth police said Bristol officers helped with traffic control, while Portsmouth, Tiverton, Newport and Middletown fire departments helped treat the injured people.
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